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here's the point on the nra ad. many republicans have taken money and not one of them have come out and said that ad is over the top. do you think they should? >> oh, yeah, i think they should. i agree with andrea mitchell's question. why are we invoking the president's children here? why are we making a false equivalency for the president and his family and this issue? this is confusing. >> i'm waiting for speaker boehner to come out and say all of this talk about impeachment, civil war, this is not the republican party that i want to lead. don't make common cause as mitt romney did during the campaign. let's not get involved here with this sort of tactic. >> i don't think they're going to be doing it any time soon. they're taking their lead from the nra. and the nra came out and said it's prepared to do the battle of the century. barack obama, joe biden and their gun allies only want to blame you, vilify you and strip you of your second amendment freedoms. these lines are pretty clear here. is this where the repub
here's the point on the nra ad. many republicans have taken money and not one of them have come out and said that ad is over the top. do you think they should? >> oh, yeah, i think they should. i agree with andrea mitchell's question. why are we invoking the president's children here? why are we making a false equivalency for the president and his family and this issue? this is confusing. >> i'm waiting for speaker boehner to come out and say all of this talk about impeachment,...
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i got a lot of nra money and a lot of nra members sloshing around in my district, and i have to explain this to them, but i'm going to find a way. >> vice president biden seems to be very determined. i mean, he has been so intense on this, there would be egg on his face if something didn't happen, i think. and i think he is more than well intended. are you hearing from anyone, any of the people who have been to these meetings as to whether they believe something is going to get done? >> well, sure. we've been in there a couple of times now, and we absolutely believe, first of all, that he is the right person to be doing this. he was instrumental in passing some of the really good gun laws we passed in this country the last time we did it. >> the clinton crime bill. >> during the clinton administration. he is very close to law enforcement. he is from kind of the heart of the country, and he understands -- he understands how people think about this issue. and basically, people want their kids to be safe. they don't want felons getting guns. and in fact, we know how to stop that from happe
i got a lot of nra money and a lot of nra members sloshing around in my district, and i have to explain this to them, but i'm going to find a way. >> vice president biden seems to be very determined. i mean, he has been so intense on this, there would be egg on his face if something didn't happen, i think. and i think he is more than well intended. are you hearing from anyone, any of the people who have been to these meetings as to whether they believe something is going to get done?...
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certainly it's not the nra. these senators should not fear the national rifle association. the nra didn't affect any races in the last election cycle and it probably won't do it the next time around. now, if senate democrats cannot get over the hump of losing their a rating from the national rifle association, folks, this gun legislation, it isn't going to go anywhere. senator al franken of minnesota is another democratic lawmaker who was somewhat puzzling in the last 24 hours who decided to clarify his position. he says, "i co-sponsored legislation to ban large clips like those used in so many mass shootings," he said in a statement. "i also support the principle that we should reinstate a ban on assault weapons. and i will carefully review any proposal to do that." in principle. can we get some straight talk? because that in principle kind of thing leaves a little wiggle room that maybe you might not do it, al. there are other senate democrats ready to vote right now. there are multiple democrats sponsoring their own legislation. a background check bill from senator chuck
certainly it's not the nra. these senators should not fear the national rifle association. the nra didn't affect any races in the last election cycle and it probably won't do it the next time around. now, if senate democrats cannot get over the hump of losing their a rating from the national rifle association, folks, this gun legislation, it isn't going to go anywhere. senator al franken of minnesota is another democratic lawmaker who was somewhat puzzling in the last 24 hours who decided to...
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nra president wayne lapierre offered to post an armed nra member inside every school in america. the idea was widely criticized. just a few days after christmas, hundreds of teachers attended the nra's free weapons training course in utah. this is a fourth grade teacher learning how to use a handgun. this is another fourth grade teacher practicing with a plastic gun. gun clubs in arizona and ohio claim they've been getting flooded with applications from teachers who want gun training. the nra has moved quickly, but president obama is steadfast. he repeated his commitment to stopping gun violence during the news conference last night. california senator dianne feinstein is introducing an assault weapons ban on the first day of the new session. the gun debate comes down to this. the nra is arming teachers. the democrats need the political will to fight back. let's turn to sam stein, political reporter "huffington post," with us here tonight. sam, they never cease to amaze us. can democrats pass an assault weapons ban despite the national rifle association? has the political climate
nra president wayne lapierre offered to post an armed nra member inside every school in america. the idea was widely criticized. just a few days after christmas, hundreds of teachers attended the nra's free weapons training course in utah. this is a fourth grade teacher learning how to use a handgun. this is another fourth grade teacher practicing with a plastic gun. gun clubs in arizona and ohio claim they've been getting flooded with applications from teachers who want gun training. the nra...
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eight out of ten nra members support universal background checks. who is wayne lapierre speaking for? >> the gun manufacturers, of course. it's not the first time that we have had a big lobbying organization in washington that purports to represent a grassroots or a local membership, but is in fact doing the bidding of a very, very big interests. probably the most prominent example of that is the u.s. chamber of commerce, which purports to represent small businesses across the country, but in fact is the mouthpiece for global multinational huge corporations. so that's nothing new to anybody watching these hearings take place in washington. >> senator sheldon whitehouse, good to have you with us tonight on "the ed show." you know, if you want a good example of the cultural divide that we have in this country. they're raffling off 200 guns, including three ar-15 assault rifles. perfectly legal. it is their biggest fundraiser of the year. this is just another day at the office for how to raise money for youth sports in the middle of the country. now, w
eight out of ten nra members support universal background checks. who is wayne lapierre speaking for? >> the gun manufacturers, of course. it's not the first time that we have had a big lobbying organization in washington that purports to represent a grassroots or a local membership, but is in fact doing the bidding of a very, very big interests. probably the most prominent example of that is the u.s. chamber of commerce, which purports to represent small businesses across the country,...
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against the nra, none of us should call it gun control. all that does is play into that. we should ban the phrase "gun control." if we're going to talk about guns at all it should be common sense gun safety with common sense preceding everything. a lost it's about language, ed. >> i think that's fair. >> you have to reframe the debate. >> i agree. you have to reframe the debate so it's not individual freedom versus government control, it's about public safety. but you know what i think? potent allies in this, ed, are the mayors against illegal guns. 700 mayors in cities and towns. suburban towns across this country. police chiefs. there is a reason that vice president biden in the first meeting of his task force brought in police chiefs, who don't want these assault weapon guns that are for battlefields, not -- >> sure. also 4 million in the nra is not very big. the aarp has many more. president obama has 16 million names in organizing for america. those people can be mobilized -- >> make it a movement. >> to change this and reframe it. an
against the nra, none of us should call it gun control. all that does is play into that. we should ban the phrase "gun control." if we're going to talk about guns at all it should be common sense gun safety with common sense preceding everything. a lost it's about language, ed. >> i think that's fair. >> you have to reframe the debate. >> i agree. you have to reframe the debate so it's not individual freedom versus government control, it's about public safety. but...
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the nra is the extremist in the room. when you start doing hitler and stalin, i think responsible common sense americans turn off. this is too extreme. this will appeal to the extremists in this country, but we want to speak to those who understand the need for common-sense legislation. the president and vice president biden are trying to put together a common sense package that police chiefs in this country, that mayors, that others who have to deal day to day with these illegal guns want to see. if the president and vice president have a congress that will not move on this, and it may well not, executive action is not out of order. it is not out of order. >> i really praise the vice president for saying that today, because that tells the anti-s over there, look, we're serious about this. we're going to do something about it. what kind of executive action could he take? how far could the president go on this? and of course he's got the mayor's organization behind him. he would get a lot of support around the country. >>
the nra is the extremist in the room. when you start doing hitler and stalin, i think responsible common sense americans turn off. this is too extreme. this will appeal to the extremists in this country, but we want to speak to those who understand the need for common-sense legislation. the president and vice president biden are trying to put together a common sense package that police chiefs in this country, that mayors, that others who have to deal day to day with these illegal guns want to...
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we can't let the nra block meaningful gun legislation. i'm joined tonight by two parents who are advocating for change. sandy and lonnie phillips lost their daughter, jessica gauwi in a mass shooting in aurora seven months ago. jessica was just 24 years old. she wanted to be a sportscaster. so she moved to colorado in 2010 to go to metro state, metropolitan state university in denver. she survived a mass shooting at a food court in toronto. but she was among the 12 people murdered in the shooting at the movie theater in aurora this past july. sandy and lonnie, i want to thank you so much for joining us here this evening and being a part of the discussion. lonnie, you met with the president, with vice president biden recently. what did you tell him? >> well, there were about 23 groups at that meeting, and i was sitting directly to his left, and he started to his right. each member of all the groups that were there, there were a lot of very astute people, and he listened to each one of them very carefully and wrote -- made notes. it went ar
we can't let the nra block meaningful gun legislation. i'm joined tonight by two parents who are advocating for change. sandy and lonnie phillips lost their daughter, jessica gauwi in a mass shooting in aurora seven months ago. jessica was just 24 years old. she wanted to be a sportscaster. so she moved to colorado in 2010 to go to metro state, metropolitan state university in denver. she survived a mass shooting at a food court in toronto. but she was among the 12 people murdered in the...
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. >> and we see joe mansion from the nra, saying li ining things is chon sense. back ground checks, that seems to be the spot where there is the most likely opportunity. >> lawmakers say look, if the senate can get through a bill that is something that can work. the nra is in a marketplace. part of the reason they satisfy such an extreme position. there are other groups competing for the same money. >> then gun owners of america will fill in the marketplace and not the nra. >> joy evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. now is the time for america to get laser focused on how the republicans are trying to steal the next election. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> i think the surprise was some of the turnout. some of the turnout, especially in urban areas. >> forget policy. if you can't win it, just go ahead and rig it. the gop moves to steal elections. first stop? virginia. david corn and charnelle herring tell us if the dirty move could work. the right still can't handle hillary. >> she obviously has an enduring media. >> so the
. >> and we see joe mansion from the nra, saying li ining things is chon sense. back ground checks, that seems to be the spot where there is the most likely opportunity. >> lawmakers say look, if the senate can get through a bill that is something that can work. the nra is in a marketplace. part of the reason they satisfy such an extreme position. there are other groups competing for the same money. >> then gun owners of america will fill in the marketplace and not the nra....